Good Morning All,
This is the end of a little doublet by David
when he was attacked by King Saul. The
first part of this doublet is very telling. “O Lord, look how my enemies have increased. Many are attacking me. Many are saying about me,
“Even with God on his side, he won’t be victorious.” Maybe as you read this, you are thinking “I
don’t have any foes; no one is trying to kill me.” We all have foes. They may not be flesh and blood but we all
have foes.
You might be the kid who thinks “no one
likes me;” “nobody cares whether I live or die.” Maybe you the person fighting against alcohol
or drugs and just can’t win. Maybe the
hours at your job have been cut or maybe your job is even gone. Maybe every time you talk to your spouse it
is only a fight. We all have foes. We all have enemies and they attack us
without mercy; these foes even tell us that we can’t win even with God on our
side. Our foes seek to destroy; they
seek to rip us apart and then toss us aside.
We all have foes; they attack with vengeance.
Yet David points to the truth of battling
our foes. Jesus is our shield and he
surrounds us with his love. Through his
mercy, he guards us and gives us his love and his Holy Spirit. He leads us to see that often our foes are
our own making; caused by the devil lying to us. God gives us the grace to trust his promise
and to see the pain that the devil causes us to experience. Do you feel lonely because you want everyone to
like you? Do you struggle with
addictions of any sort? Are you trying
to fill a void in your life that is always empty? Do you argue all the time because you are
only seeing things from your side? All
these pains are real but they are often exasperated by the deceit of the
devil.
God gives us hope and the certainty of his
comfort. This hope comes from the Holy
Spirit and this comfort comes through his children here on earth. He uses us, his family, to be the arms and
hands to share this comfort and love.
When the foes attack and you need a shoulder to cry on, God uses the
members of his Church to bring you comfort.
He uses your family and friends to bring you, his peace. God is our shield; he holds our head up and
gives us hope. He gives us life. The empty cross and the empty tomb are the
guarantee that this promise is kept.
The only way to defeat our foes is to trust
in God’s faithfulness and his power to save us.
Trust in God and his promise of forgiveness. Cling tight to the promise.
Dear
Father, our foes are many and we cannot win on our own. We need you Father to defend us and to send
us a Savior. Give us the courage to
cling to you and to your promise of hope and salvation. Keep us in your loving arms while guarding us
from the devil’s arrows. Father, we know
that there are those who need your extra mercy as their foes battle them; use
us to bring them your everlasting peace.
In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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